Throwing and catching practice net

Abstract

A throwing and catching practice net has a frame having left and right side tubes attached to top and bottom sections, with the left and right side tubes forming an S-shape. Netting attached to the frame has a concave shape adjacent to the bottom section and a convex shape adjacent to the top section. A stand is pivotally attached to the frame.

1 . A net comprising:
 a frame having convex lower tubes and concave upper tubes;   netting attached to the frame, with the netting between the lower tubes having a concave shape, and with the netting between the upper tubes having a convex shape.   
     
     
         2 . The net of  claim 1  further comprising a stand assembly pivotally attached to the frame. 
     
     
         3 . The net of  claim 1  with the lower tubes having a radius of curvature of 68 to 88 cm over an arc of 30 to 60 degrees. 
     
     
         4 . The net of  claim 1  with the netting removably attached to the frame via multiple spaced apart fittings. 
     
     
         5 . The net of  claim 4  with the frame comprising hollow tubes and the fittings comprising clips. 
     
     
         6 . The net of  claim 2  with the stand holding the frame upright an angle of 50 to 75 degrees. 
     
     
         7 . A net comprising:
 a frame having left and right side tubes attached to top and bottom sections, with the left and right side tubes forming an S-shape,   netting attached to the frame and having a concave shape adjacent to the bottom section and a convex shape adjacent to the top section; and   a stand attached to the frame.   
     
     
         8 . The net of  claim 7  with the frame having a vertical midpoint and with the netting substantially flat at the vertical midpoint. 
     
     
         9 . The net of  claim 8  with the stand pivotable on the frame from a first position where a lower end of the stand is adjacent to or in contact with the bottom tube, to a second position where the stand is at an angle of 80 to 100 degrees from an axis extending through the vertical midpoint of the frame. 
     
     
         10 . The net of  claim 7  with the left and right side tubes each divided into a top tube and a bottom tube, with the top tube substantially a mirror image of the bottom tube. 
     
     
         11 . The net of  claim 7  with left and right side tubes having substantially straight left and right stand tube segments, respectively, and with the stand pivotally attached to the left and right stand tube segments.